Since it was founded in 1990 by Shakespeare scholar, actor and director Kaoru Edo, Tokyo Shakespeare Company has been producing the Bard’s plays translated by Edo in an adaptation series titled “Shakespeare on the other side of the mirror.” Now, at the 100-odd-capacity Geki ...

Why do most people die? That was the question addressed by a special summit meeting of the United Nations in New York City in mid-September. The final report from the first-time summit identified noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) as the leading cause of death worldwide. Every ...

The 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States sent shock waves around the world from which Pakistan has still not recovered. Indeed, Pakistan’s participation in what former U.S. President George W. Bush called the “global war on terror” has produced overwhelmingly negative consequences, as ...